Jim Hart is a British vibraphonist and drummer whose music thrives on curiosity, openness and creative range. After nearly 20 years in London he relocated to Alsace, France in 2014. He has released ten albums as a leader and moves fluidly between projects that stretch from intimate duos to adventurous cross-border collaborations and large ensembles. His versatility has brought him to the stage with artists at the highest level from around the world. Hart also shares his craft as a teacher at several conservatoires, and workshops across Europe as well as running a choir in his local community.

Winner of numerous British Jazz awards and a recipient of the Worshipful Company of musicians Bronze medal, he has regularly been nominated in the prestigious Downbeat critics poll and also received a nomination for musician of the year in UK Parliamentary jazz awards. Jazz magazine and Jazz news listed him in their best of 2022 poll in the Vibraphone and Percussion category. In 2024 he was honoured by the Royal Academy Of music in London where he has taught since 2010. He also teaches at Zurich University of the Arts and at the Jazz Campus in Basel, Hochschule Luzern and CNSMD Paris. 

He has toured extensively throughout Europe, Scandinavia, the USA and Canada, and continues to appear at major jazz festivals worldwide, including North Sea, Molde, Pori, Trondheim, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Rochester NY, Vancouver, Victoria, Twin Cities, Manchester and London and has performed and recorded with Cloudmakers Trio, Daniel Erdmann’s Velvet Revolution, Organic Soulfood Trio, Mulitiverse with Ivo Neame, Julien Lourau’s Waynes Wonders, Sylvaine Helary’s Orchestre Incandescent and Florian Arbenz Conversations, Evi Filippou, Tim Hagens, NDR Big Band, Wynton Marsalis and JALCO, Ralph Alessi, Kenny, Wheeler, John Taylor, Chico Freeman, Django Bates, Stephane Payen, Dave Holland, Norma Winstone, Stan Sulzmann, Adam Nussbaum, Gary Husband, Logan Richardson, Walter Smith III, Vincent Courtois, Soweto Kinch,  and many others…